ENID, Okla. – Isaac Hale threw a two-hit complete game while Jonathon Arrieta went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs, fueling the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team to a 5-2 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday night in the opening round of the 2019 Great American Conference Baseball Championships.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech will face Oklahoma Baptist on Sunday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. Live video and statistics are available at www.arkansastechsports.com.

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

1. Britt Stroth (LF)
2. Dylan McDearmon (2B)
3. Harry Gard (RF)
4. Riley Hickerson (CF)
5. Zack Kesterson (DH)
6. Patrick Miner (3B)
7. Korey Thompson (SS)
8. Jonathon Arrieta (1B)
9. Michael Post (C)

        Isaac Hale (P)
 
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE LINEUP

1. Alex Bedard (CF)
2. Rafael Villela (DH)
3. Alex Pimentel (3B)
4. Chase Duncan (LF)
5. Sawyer Tool (RF)
6. Tanner Long (1B)
7. Kannon McCune (SS)
8. Brady Burtner (2B)
9. Robert Perea (C)
   Tyler Tuck (P)

SCORING PLAYS

• SWOSU 2^nd - K. McCune grounded into double play ss to 1b (1-2 BFK); T. Long out on the play; S. Toole advanced to third; C. Duncan scored. (SWOSU 1, Tech 0)
• Tech 3^rd - J. Arrieta homered to left center, RBI (0-1 K). (Tech 1, SWOSU 1)
• Tech 3^rd - R. Hickerson doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-0); D. McDearmon scored; B. Stroth scored. (Tech 3, SWOSU 1)
• Tech 4^th - J. Arrieta homered to left center, RBI (1-2 SBK). (Tech 4, SWOSU 1)
• Tech 9^th - K. Thompson reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (1-1 BK); P. Miner out at second ss to 2b; Z. Kesterson scored. (Tech 5, SWOSU 1)
• SWOSU 9^th - A. Pimentel singled to left field, RBI (0-0); C. Cloud advanced to third; A. Bedard scored, unearned. (Tech 5, SWOSU 2)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Isaac Hale (9-2)
• Losing Pitcher – Tyler Tuck (7-3)

 
NOTABLES

• With the win, the third-seeded Wonder Boys move into the winner's side of the GAC Championships bracket. Tech is just one win away from the tournament semifinals.
• Arkansas Tech outhit No. 4 seeded Southwestern Oklahoma 8-2, as seven different Wonder Boys recorded at hit. 
• Arrieta went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs, notching his second multi-home run game of the season. Arrieta has now hit eight home runs in the last six games.
•  Britt Stroth, Dylan McDearmon and Zack Kesterson all recorded a hit and scored a run.
• Harry Gard went 1-for-4, extending his hitting-streak to 32 games.
• Isaac Hale pitched his third complete game of the season and picked up his GAC-leading ninth win of the season, holding the Bulldogs to two hits and two runs. He struck out six batters and retired 20 straight batters.